Word: riled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Houdini's method is to rile his opponent by musical insults. He won his first war by being so insulting to two opponents at the same time that, after 45 minutes, they stopped to congratulate him on his virtuosity. His toughest battle was against the old Master, Lord Executor, until he found a fatal weakness to sing about: Executor's big toe had just popped out of his canvas sneaker...
Hollywood thought Hope conceited when he first arrived, today merely finds him a little vain. He is well liked, easy to work with, hard to rile, so fast with gags he is almost fatiguing. He can never resist one, recently phoned a Hollywood friend all the way from London to wheeze: "I saw Churchill last night-a great news-reel...
...Well, Rile, I hear Andy's come home agin. Did he graduate this time...
Uncle Rollin ran his callused fingers through his white hair, spat and said: "Well, Rile, I don't know nothin' about a college. But I know one thing. There must be a heap to larn at college or else your Andy larns mighty slow...
Yerex' planes will continue to fly and to rile Pan Am. For Yerex has already served the U.S. Army too well to be grounded-Americanized...